post-office order—(UK) a money order in which the name of the payee does not appear, but is transmitted from the issuing to the paying post office:
- To procure a post-office order it is requisite to apply at an office and wait while certain forms are being filled up.
postal order—(UK) a money order issued by a post office for one of a number of fixed sums payable at any post office to a named payee:
- Postal orders are issued at the post office counter upon payment of the postal order amount plus charges.
Note: Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase mail order—an order for goods to be sent by post:
- Mail order has grown rapidly in recent years. As warehouses are situated in low-rent areas and there is no need of a sales staff, overheads are low.